KEY POINTS:
BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE
Toronto 5 Detroit 3, Florida 6 Washington 1, Cincinnati 4 Milwaukee 3 (10 innings), NY Yankees 7 Baltimore 1, Boston 6 Texas 5, Atlanta 6 LA Dodgers 1, Chicago White Sox 6 Tampa Bay 0, Houston 6 Colorado 4, San Francisco 8 St Louis
2, Minnesota 2 Cleveland 1 (10 innings), Chicago Cubs 13 Pittsburgh 6, Seattle 4 LA Angels 2, Oakland 7 Kansas City 1, San Diego 9 Arizona 4.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
EASTERN DIVISION
W L PCT GB
1. Boston 13 7 .650 -
2. Baltimore 11 8 .579 1
3. Toronto 10 9 .526 2
4. NY Yankees 10 10 .500 3
5. Tampa Bay 8 11 .421 4
CENTRAL DIVISION
1. Chicago White Sox 11 7 .611 -
2. Kansas City 9 10 .474 2
3. Minnesota 9 10 .474 2
4. Cleveland 7 12 .368 4
5. Detroit 6 13 .316 5
WESTERN DIVISION
1. LA Angels 12 8 .600 -
2. Oakland 12 8 .600 -
3. Seattle 10 10 .500 2
4. Texas 7 12 .368 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE
EASTERN DIVISION
1. Florida 11 7 .611 -
2. NY Mets 10 7 .588
3. Atlanta 9 9 .500 2
4. Philadelphia 9 10 .474 2
5. Washington 5 14 .263 6
CENTRAL DIVISION
1. Chicago Cubs 12 6.667 -
2. St. Louis 12 7 .632
3. Milwaukee 11 7 .611 1
4. Cincinnati 8 11 .421 4
5. Pittsburgh 7 11.389 5
6. Houston 7 12 .368 5
WESTERN DIVISION
1. Arizona 13 5 .722 -
2. Colorado 9 9 .500 4
3. San Diego 9 10 .474 4
4. San Francisco 8 11 .421 5
5. LA Dodgers 7 11 .389 6BASKETBALL
GOOD LUCK BEIJING INTERNATIONAL
(Beijing)
Korea 90 New Zealand 78. HT: 47-38.
BOWLS
NATIONAL CLUB PAIRS
(Rotorua)
Men
Round 1: Kelvin Scott, Maurice Symes (Belfast, Canterbury) bt Neil Gordon, Ray Lovie (Northern, Manawatu) 27-12; Tony Grantham, Ross Haresnape, (Birkenhead, Auckland) bt Steve Jones, Dan Rooney, (Geraldine, South Canterbury) 21 - 19; Bruce Milne, Stu Settle, (Hinuera, Waikato) bt Ray Park, Clint Park, (Wanganui) 14 - 10.
Round 2: Symes bt Haresnape 18-14, Settle drew with Lovie 14-14, Park bt Rooney 20 - 15.
Round 3: Park bt Lovie 21 - 10, Rooney bt Symes 19-18, Haresnape bt Settle 17-14.
Points (two per win): Symes, four points, differential 18, 1st; Park 4 12 2nd, Haresnape 4 1 3rd, Settle 3 1 4th, Rooney 2 - 6 5th, Lovie 1 - 26 6th.
Women
Round 1: Marion Patrick, Bett Prattley (Geraldine, South Canterbury) bt Pamela Rowlands, Colleen Ferrick (Heretaunga, Hawke's Bay) 17-15; Nancy Page, Bunty Barron, (Kaitaia Combined, Far North) bt Loris Ropitini, Anita Swafford (Inglewood, Taranaki) 21-12; Colleen Kempton, Colleen Lankshear (Richmond, Nelson) bt Mere Eden, Missy Fitzgerald (Ngongotaha, Bay of Plenty) 21-6.
Round 2: Prattley bt Swafford 18-16, Barron bt Lankshear 21-9, Fitzgerald bt Ferrick 21-15.
Round 3: Lankshear bt Prattley 26 - 13, Barron bt Fitzgerald 16-14, Swafford bt Ferrick 21-10.
Points (two points per win): Barron, 6 points, differential 23, 1st; Lankshear 4 16 2nd, Prattley 4 - 9 3rd, Swafford 2 0 4th, Fitzgerald 2 - 11 5th, Ferrick 0 - 19 6th.
AUCKLAND FRIDAY INTERCLUB
Semifinals:Hillsboro Pinches (3 wins) bt Carlton Cornwall (0 wins); Remuera Blue (2 wins) bt St Heliers (1 win)
Final: Hillsboro Pinches (2 wins) bt Remuera Blue (1 win)
AUCKLAND CHAMP OF CHAMP TRIPLES
Men's quarter-finals:Rawhiti bt Carlton Cornwall; Mt Albert bt Onehunga RSA; Hillsboro bt Mt Eden; Henderson bt Avondale.
Semifinals:Rawhiti bt Mt Albert; Henderson bt Mt Eden.
Finals:Henderson (G. Startford, R. Wright, D. Timms) bt Rawhiti(T. Klarich, B. Columbus, W. Alexander) 18-15.
Women's Quarter Finals:Henderson bt Rawhiti; Sandringham bt Okahu Bay; St Heliers bt Balmoral; Ponsonby bt Glen Eden.
Semifinals:Sandringham by Henderson; St Heliers bt Ponsonby.
Finals:Sandringham (M. Ansell, J. Morgan, C. Bowman) bt St Heliers (C. Bien, A. Cheung, J. Graddon).
NORTH HARBOUR CENTRE TRIPLES
Men (Dick Bree Trophy):
Quarter-finals:P. Griffiths, S. Hayward, G. Molloy (Glenfield) bt B. Robertson, N. Connell, I. Kostanich (Helensville) 19-18, A. Mytton, B. Pownall, R. Yeates (Browns Bay) bt K. Downer, T. Cullen, R. Cowper (Helensville) 19-15; P. Wiseman, G. Ball, J. Janssen (Orewa) bt C. Kater, S. Cottrell, L. Boulton (Mairangi Bay) 17-4; B. Turner, J. Walker, C. Rogan (Browns Bay) bt E. Simmonds, N. McMaster, N. Ainsworth (Browns Bay) 21-18.
Semifinals:Mytton bt Griffiths 17-11, Turner bt Wiseman 28-6.
Final:Turner bt Mytton 19-5.
Women
Semifinals:M. Guldbrandsen, V. OConnor, J. Jones (Sunnybrae) bt M. Sakey, D. Thomas, C. Stanaway (Mirangi Bay) 24-12, C. Fredrick, R. Lynch, S. Rose (Glenfield) bt M. Holland, J. Seager, F. Townsend (Browns Bay) 17-10.
Final:Fredrick bt Guldbrandsen 17-10.
CRICKET
TWENTY20
(Karachi)
PAKISTAN
S. Butt run out1K. Akmal b Mortaza0Y. Khan c and b Al Hasan47M ul Haq not out87S. Malik s Ghosh b Razzak35S. Afridi b Hossain10F. Alam not out16Extras (7w)7 _ _ Total (for 5 wkts in 20 overs) ... 203.
Fall: 6, 6, 84, 147, 168.
Bowling: Mortaza 3.5-0-38-1 (5w); Hossain 4-0-44-1; Razzak 4-0-46-1 (2w); Reza 4-0-41-0; Al Hasan 4-0-33-1; Riyad 0.1-0-1-0.
BANGLADESH
T. Iqbal b Tanvir23M. Nazimuddin c Amjad b Riaz42M. Ashraful c Younis b Malik13A. Ahmed run out3S. Al Hasan c Amjad b Afridi0F. Reza run out2D. Ghosh run out1M. Riyad st Akmal b Amjad2M. Mortaza c Gul b Amjad2A. Razzak not out1S. Hossain b Amjad0Extras (3lb, 4w, 5nb)12 _ _ Total (16 overs) 101
Fall: 41, 64, 85, 88, 92, 94, 96, 99, 101, 101.
Bowling: Gul 3-0-19-0 (1nb, 1w); Tanvir 3-0-23-1 (1nb, 1w); Malik 3-0-27-1 (2w); Afridi 4-0-19-1; Riaz 2-0-7-1 (2nb); Amjad 1-0-3-3 (1nb).
Result: Pakistan won by 102 runs.
ENGLISH COUNTY
Friends Provident Trophy:
North Division:
At Riverside
Durham 220 (N McKenzie 77) v Yorkshire 215 (T Bresnan 55).
Durham bt Yorkshire by 5 runs.
At Old Trafford:
Lancashire v Derby.
Match abandoned, rain.
Midlands Division:
At Grace Road:
Leicestershire v Northamptonshire.
Match abandoned, rain.
At Edgbaston:
Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire.
Match abandoned, rain.
South/West Division
At Bristol:
Worcestershire 8-221 (B Smith 75, D Mitchell 63) v Gloucestershire 3-222 (C Spearman 64 no, Kadeer Ali 63, H Marshall 57).
Gloucestershire bt Worcestershire by 7 wkts.
At Taunton:
Hampshire 221 (N Pothas 55, A Mascarenhas 53) v Somerset 4-223 (I Blackwell 86 no).
Somerset bt Hampshire by 6 wkts.
South/East Division
At Canterbury:
Essex 5-317 (M Pettini 119, R Bopara 99) v Kent 9-286 (M van Jaarsveld 124).
Essex bt Kent by 31 runs
At The Oval:
Middlesex 6-315 (A Strauss 163, O Shah 55 no) v Surrey 248 (S Newman 65, G Berg 4-50).
Middlesex bt Surrey by 58 runs (D/L Method).
CROQUET
AUCKLAND
Golf Croquet Silver Badge Competition
Premier: Winner: Kit Jackson (Point Chevalier) 1, Ron Allport (Epsom/Remuera Club) 2.
Intermediate: Hamish McIntosh (Mt Albert) 1, Judy Keogh (Takapuna) 2.
Primary: Enid Hudson (Henderson) 1, Margaret Wilson (St Heliers) 2.
GOLF
LPGA GINN OPEN
(Orlando)
269: Lorena Ochoa (Mexico) 68-67-65-69.
272: Yani Tseng (Taiwan) 68-64-69-71.
273: Suzann Pettersen (Norway) 68-66-72-71, Teresa Lu (Taiwan) 67-69-69-72.
278: Song-Hee Kim 71-70-69-68, Candie Kung (Taiwan) 74-67-68-69.
279: Carin Koch (Sweden) 67-69-70-73.
280: Stacy Prammanasudh (US) 71-69-71-69, Minea Blomqvist (Finland) 69-66-73-72, Karen Stupples (Britain) 70-69-71-70.
HERITAGE CLASSIC
(S Carolina)
269: Boo Weekley (US) 69 64 65 71.
272: Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 69 67 67 69, Anthony Kim (US) 67 67 67 71.
273: Jim Furyk (US) 68 68 68 69.
274: Cliff Kresge (US) 69 66 68 71.
275: Jason Bohn (US) 70 66 67 72.
276: Michael Letzig (US) 68 73 70 65, Camilo Villegas (Colombia)67 71 71 67, Matt Kuchar (US) 71 70 68 67, Stewart Cink (US) 67 68 70 71, Lucas Glover (US) 66 66 73 71.
277: Fredrik Jacobson (Sweden) 70 67 73 67, Charles Howell III (US) 67 71 69 70.
Also:
281: Tim Wilkinson (NZ) 68 69 71 73.
AUCKLAND LADY VETS
(Waikere)
Sandra Stevens (Pukekohe) 40, Polly King (Clarks Beach) 37, Anne Cooper (The Grange) 37, Mary Chapman Hill (Tapora) 37, Barbara Rea (Waiuku) 37, Mavis Thornton (The Grange) 34, Joss Bremner (Howick) 34, Noelene letcher (Waikuku) 34.
HOCKEY
AUCKLAND
Premier men , round three, Roskill Eden 3 Southern 1, Somerville 3 Western 1, Indians 4 University 3, Howick Pakuranga bye. Points: Southern, Indians, Roskill Eden 6, Howick Pakuranga, Somerville 3, University, Western 1.
INDOOR BOWLS
NORTH HARBOUR MEN'S SINGLES
Semifinals: W Spencer bt P Everest 7-6, O Griffiths bt D Turner 10-6.
Final: Griffiths bt Spencer 7-6.
NORTH HARBOUR LADIES SINGLES
Semifinals: L Mills bt K Petricevich 11-8, H Smale bt S Oemcke 10-5.
Final: Mills bt Smale 13-2.
LEAGUE
ENGLISH CHALLENGE CUP
Fourth round:
Barrow 48 Hunslet 16, Batley 12 Dewsbury 26, Doncaster 12 Widnes 38, Featherstone 12 Catalans Dragons 22, Halifax 24 Huddersfield 42, Leigh 16 Warrington 28, Rochdale 5 Hull 42, Salford 8 Wakefield 38, St Helens 56 London Skolars 0, Swinton 8 Oldham 20, Wigan 74 SM PIA 4, Workington 12 Hull KR 68.
MOTOR RACING
WORLD MX1 CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Spain)
Steve Ramon (Belgium, Suzuki) 1, David Philippaerts (Italy, Yamaha) 2, Ken de Dycker (Belgium, Suzuki) 3, Josh Coppins (NZ, Yamaha) 4, Tanel Leok (Estonia, Kawasaki) 5, Kevin Strijbos (Belgium, Kawasaki) 6, Tom Church (Britain, Kawasaki) 7, Billy Mackenzie (Britain, Honda), Clement Desalle, (Belgium, Suzuki) 9, Lauris Freibergs (Latvia, Yamaha) 10.
Leading world MX1 championship standings: De Dycker 70 points 1, Ramon 63 2, Philippaerts 55 3, Coppins 47 4, Mackenzie 46 5.
RUGBY
ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP
(London)
Sale 53 Newcastle 10, Saracens 29 Wasps 40.
TENNIS
US CLAY COURT CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Houston)
Men's singles final: 7-Marcel Granollers (Spain) bt 1-James Blake (US) 6-4, 1-6, 7-5.
MONTE CARLO MASTERS
Nicolas Kiefer (Germany) bt Marin Cilic (Croatia) 3-6 7-6 6-3.
ESTORIL OPEN RESULTS
Mens Final: 1-Roger Federer (Switzerland) bt 2-Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) 7-6 1-2, retired.
Womens Final: 2-Maria Kirilenko (Russia) bt Iveta Benesova (Czech Republic) 6-4 6-2.
FAMILY CIRCLE CUP
(Charleston)
Women's singles final: 5-Serena Williams (US) bt 9-Vera Zvonareva (Russia) 6-4 3-6 6-3.
